Mike DeFabo joins to break down each Steelers head coaching candidate
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What are the most desirable qualities in Steelers coaching candidates?
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Where is he among your choices? My choice would be Chris Shula, just everything I've read about him, what I think of him from afar. I don't know the man. And, you know, the Steelers, they love history. They love, you know, having guys who they can mold into whatever they want, and he's a Shula, which would be interesting because, you know, Chuck Knoll had his associations with that name. And I just think it makes sense to me. Also because I think he, I'm hoping he can bring in Sheilhaus if he doesn't get a job. Because he would be a tremendous, I think, upgrade on offense based on everything people talk about. And again, I know him not one bit. I've never met any of these guys. Perfect.
What insights does Mike DeFabo provide about Brian Flores?
But he's a pass game coordinator. He's a guy who's up and coming. He's young. I think those are the kinds of guys you want in that seat. So that's why If I have a choice, that would be my choice. And again, I know nothing about any of these guys, you know, other than what you read. So I won't endorse anyone because I don't know him well enough to endorse him. I don't.
But you endorse Shula. Or at least say you'd pick him.
I would pick him based on everything I've read.
Yeah. Well, that's all we can do at this point. And this is a perfect segue into our guest, the one and only Mike DeFabo of The Athletic. He joins us. There he is, Bob.
He does a great job, too. I really do.
He does.
How does Mike DeFabo evaluate Mike McCarthy as a candidate?
And they had a really good story today, sort of a deeper dive on each one of these candidates, so many of whom, like you just said, are somewhat mysterious, Bob. And we brought on Mike to give a thumbnail sketch. This is how this is going to work. Are you ready for this, Bob? Mike, how are you?
I'm doing great. Joe, I love your creativity and how you always play games. This is going to be fun.
Yeah. Well, let's hope we can pull it off. Free associations coming later, don't. Well, this is kind of that, Bob. Here's what we're going to do. Excuse me. Mike is going to give us the most... Bob.
This is what happens when you get older now. You're younger than me, but you're gaining on me, so therefore you're going to have that stuff.
Well, no, I'm yelling at basketball players all the time. I feel like Jim Colony now. The most desirable and least desirable thing about each one of these candidates, and then a little nugget, Bob, something people might not know.
What makes Anthony Weaver an intriguing coaching candidate?
Okay. So we don't have time for, you know, in-depth character studies here. And the modern day attention span doesn't tolerate that anyway. Right, Bob? We're going to get the Twitter version of each guy, the elevator pitch on each guy. And if you feel compelled to interject at any point, Bob, I want to extend that invitation. Okay.
That's the ground rules of the game, which we sometimes don't follow, but that's okay. Mike, you know the rules or don't.
Here we go, Mike. Let's start with Brian Flores, who has had a phone interview and an in-person interview completed yesterday. The best and worst and maybe something we didn't know.
Well, I mean, he's known for his aggressive blitzing style of defense. He would very much flip into the Blitzburg personality. But I think more than that, he started out as a scout with the New England Patriots. We know that coaches within the Steelers organization have a tremendous amount of say in terms of personnel, talent evaluation, roster construction. So I think maybe the hidden part of Flores that people aren't talking about is that side of him and that experience that he brings.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the most desirable qualities in Steelers coaching candidates?
0:00–1:13
2
What insights does Mike DeFabo provide about Brian Flores?
1:13–1:48
3
How does Mike DeFabo evaluate Mike McCarthy as a candidate?
1:48–2:49
4
What makes Anthony Weaver an intriguing coaching candidate?
2:49–4:10
5
What are the pros and cons of Chris Shula as a head coach?
4:10–5:11
6
What are the potential impacts of hiring Nate Sheilhaus?
5:11–5:59
7
How does Jesse Minner compare to other candidates discussed?
5:59–7:26
8
What conclusions do the hosts draw about the coaching search?
7:26–34:01
Speakers
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